Geraniums

A well-known gardener in Vermont was asked, “How do you grow your geraniums?” and the answer came back promptly, “Every way.” This explains the versatility and adaptability of this old garden and house plant favorite. Geranium’s Ability To Bloom The geranium’s ability to bloom throughout the garden season has permitted this plant to share some … Read more

A fascinating group of plants is the so-called cactus geraniums. It has been my hobby for many years to collect these peculiar-looking plants. Pelargonium Echinatum Perhaps the best known in this group is Pelargonium echinatum, sometimes called the prickly stalked cranesbill or sweetheart geranium. The stalk is smooth, set with many spines which bend back … Read more

There’s a standard set of sensible reasons why people grow the charming dwarf geraniums because small windows will hold a larger collection of different varieties, or crowded greenhouses can make room for them between larger pots. Because they make large people feel smaller, or small people feel larger. Or because they create more and brighter … Read more

Like plumed soldiers on parade, some garden geraniums (a form of Pelargonium hortorum) hold their heads erect, while others, with long-stemmed flowers, appear to nod in greeting. Whether bedded out in the open ground, lined along a walk, or placed as sentinels in selected spots, the geranium is a beloved plant everywhere. All are suitable … Read more

The Pelargonium x domesticum (pel-ar GO-nee-um) x (do-MES-tik-um) is a favorite garden plant of the genus Pelargonium. The genus has about 280 different species, and is a part of the Geraniaceae family.  Pelargonium x domesticum is a perennial in its native habitat but grows outdoors as an annual in most of the United States. It … Read more

What do you think when geraniums are mentioned? In frostless or near frostless regions, Florists and gardeners probably visualize the showy pelargonium or one of its ilk. But speak of geraniums to the gardener of the Northwest or England or too many an eastern gardener. He will refer to the hardy geraniums or cranesbills, wildflowers … Read more

Indoors or out, you’ll be swept away by the charm of geraniums—their happy display is insuppressible for geraniums flaunt all the warm, cheerful spectrum colors, sharpened with an immaculate dash of white. And their leaves are a delight to the senses. Consider, for example, the soft fur of kitten’s ear geranium, the spicy fragrance of … Read more

Lady or Martha Washington Geraniums might well be called the azalea-flowered geraniums because they rival azaleas in color, flower form, and brilliance.  Some varieties of these showy geraniums (classified as Pelargonium domesticum) surpass the azaleas in the array of color combinations found in their showy umbels of bloom. However, they also rival the pansy in this respect. The … Read more